Talk to the Goat
One of the most humourous stream-of-conciousness rambles I've read, that may have been about grilled cheese, may have been about dead self-love or self-dead love, all involving a boa.
i think you have a new motto: "Things go better with a boa."
Try eating three-quarters of a grilled chese without the boa, and one with, and see if I'm right. I'm sure the one-quarter will taste better.
Oh God, it's 1 a.m. and now I want a grilled cheese sammie.
Jay I love the new pic of you on here! Your hair looks shiny, and your lipstick colour is perfect. 
Homemade toasted cheese sammies were always a favourite with me. Especially for winter lunches...
Missed your posts Jay - nice to see you back on the wagon - or is it off the wagon? I never get that one right.
Mmm...grilled cheese sandwiches. It's 6:00 in the morning and I'm now hungry for grilled cheese. How do you expect me to get any work done. I'm with you on cutting them into triangles. But hey...if you really want to liven it up a bit, cut them with cookie cutters in different shapes
...and don't forget the boa.
Glad to see you back to posting. I was kind of afraid you'd taken that dead sking on the bulletin board and some of the grass, and stir fried it in your wok...and then went the way of your dog.
Grilled cheese, boas, non-abstinence and hair treatments?
Whatever makes you feel better, right?
i think the grilled cheese has one of the most admirable traits... humility. it's sadly lacking in our "up with people" society.
and the 4 triangles? the edges are easier to dip into a mug of steaming tomato soup.
love the new photo!
I got stuck way back on Baby Jesus.
Because anytime I hear the words Baby Jesus together, all I can picture is Ricky Bobby (you know, from Talladega Nights.)
Having one of those days or not, I'm happy to see you posting. And your hair (in your new pic) doesn't look like it needs a darn thing. It's gorgeous!!
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Ah, finally another post...I've been dying over here! (well, not really, but I was feeling especially connected to you over our shared love of peeling large chunks of post-sunburn skin, and then you went and disappeared) 
Anyway, my point is, I like your new pic.
Is grilled cheese still a humble food if you dip it in applesauce before you consume it? Or is the line drawn before dipping the triangle into a saucy substance?
That is so weird. I woke up this morning thinking about a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch. We have some fontina in the fridge for a not-so-humble version...
Hmmm.....very interesting mood. Love the new pic on the side bar by the way.
Confession Time. I am the only person on the planet to screws up making a grill cheese sandwich on a regular basis. It's either under or over cooked. I can't do it. DAMN YOU !!!
I like mine cut into triangles too. Will you make me lunch? I'll have to come over there because my cheese is furry and I only have the butt part of the bread left. I don't like the butt part. Even if it's cut into triangles.
I made my migraine riddled wife a grilled cheese last night. I didn't do the four triangles (but I always do for my daughter). Perhaps I should try the olive oil treatment for her migraines?
Love your thoughts on boas and grilled cheeses-they could become poetry!
The humble hard working grill cheese, the blue collar guy of the menu
Boa, the iconoclastic diva waiting to garner attention.
I am having a chilli kind of day, ready to spice some things up.
I love grilled cheese. When we go to the ribs place I order the kids meal grilled cheese. They only cut it diagonally, but it's close.
I cut mine in 1/2 or triagles using a pizza cutter. Don't know how that evolved, but my now my kids think that is just how it's supposed to be done.
Your hair looks like the oil did it's magic. Will have to consider doing the same for my "can't remember the original color" abused hair.
Must be 'one of those days' you even 'sound' different, i'm not complaining of course because it's good to know you're about.. Hope things is gud wit yoo..
Grilled cheese are good. The onl problem with making them for my little family is hubby doesnt like melted cheese on bread except for cheese burgers and the girls just tear the bread apart and scrape the cheese off the bread and then wont eat the bread. But I love tomato soup or any soup for that matter with my grilled cheese.
Now on the subject of dying color and shampooing hair. I have never died my hair color or belached my hair. I am a natural blonde and will stay that way till I turn gray some day. I am no poet here. Well talking about food. I need to go feed my little young lady that has been complaining for the last hour.
She will be three but shes demanding.
Grasshopper also loves grilled cheese cut into 4 triangles, so you're in good company.
I always believed that humility was a virtue and periodically remind those around me how humble I actually am.
Ahhh. The good ol' grilled cheese! I had it so often, especially in high school when I had training evenings. It was quick and always soothing, you know, like a hot bowl of soup.
Love the new pict!
Do you want ketchup with that?
love grilled cheese...the other day I was in the mood for macaroni and cheese..I called my friend and said I got some and she yelled, "You Bastard,why didn't you bring some over, I need me some macaroni and cheese right now!!"
Gotta love those comfort foods, you don't want them, you NEED them...I'm pretty sure Ben & Jerry know this also.
And there's very little a MoonCookie won't fix .
Cute pic, Goat. BTW.
I had to read that three times. Phew....thanks for making me use my brain.
It's times like these when I realize the benefits of being a guy with short hair. I used to love grilled cheese sandwiches. Mmmm.
I can't remember the last time I had a feather boa kind of day. I'm stuck in grilled cheese (or cheese grilled if you're insane like my ex-inlaws) sandwich land.
I don't have a good comment. I'm just going to keep laughing with happiness. :> Thanks!
-P
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Grilled cheese.
You're right, it is possibly the most humbling food item out there.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm... I want a grilled cheese sandwich now.
grilled cheese cut into four triangles with pickles on the side...yum yum!
Being suggestible, I am now making a grilled cheese sandwich!
When I was growing up, I hated cheese - I have no idea why not. I would eat hamburgers and steak sandwiches, and if cheese were on those, I would scrape it off. I did this through high school ... somehow, in college, I got over it, and now I like cheese.
humility is the greatest freedom of all.
I adore grilled cheese...but I have to have mine with tomato soup or it just doesn't seem like a real grilled cheese sandwich.
I have had an unhumble (is that even a word?) grilled cheese though. It was a combination of a grilled cheese and a BLT. Very snazzy indeed. A boa should have been on hand for that one.
Hey, I never understood why my son always wants his grilled cheese in triangles--thanks for the insight!
necrophiliac cheese sandwiches? yummm.....
I so lost the thread of this post about 3 paragraphs back
hell I dont even know the virtues. and V05 is an oil, so I am sure any oil will help
grilled cheese and tomato soup is my all time fave lunch.
I have no virtues
Mmmm grilled cheese. The best one I had were at a winter camp. It was -15 outside and we had sizzling hot grilled cheese sandwiches. It was SOOOO good.
Ah grilled cheese sandwiches.....I remember those days, I can almost taste it......with Branston Pickle and butter. Oh think I just came! Am wheat intollerant and used to live on cheese sandwiches, reading your words has me fixated on them now.
"I realize the baby Jesus thinks humility is a virtue, but I'm not sure if I'm prepared to take humble lessons from a guy who has his own bobblehead."
I got stuck there for a few minutes. Sorry you're having one of those days, but I agree with the other person who said this is one of the best stream-of-consciousness posts ever...
Ohhhh Jay. I'm gonna have to come to Canada and tweak yer meds...
When I was a kid, my brother and sister and I used to fight over who got to keep the little red corrogated paper dividers in the wafer cookies box after it was empty. They were red! And, I really liked the crinkly sound they made when you rubbed them against each other. My siblings were copy cat stupids who wanted them just because I did, clearly not a proper reason. Your toothpicks reminded me of that, Just wanted to share ...
There was a Warner Brothers cartoon when I was a kid...and a boy mouse was trying to "woo" a girl mouse with cheese and she saw it and said in a high pitched voice..."Cheese, I just love cheese....rrreeeaallly I do". Everytime I see cheese, I say that to myself or sometimes aloud. But then, when I listen Wagner, in my mind I'm singning, "Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit!!"
Grilled cheese, virtues, dead grandparents revived by oil...only you could say it so well
I love grilled cheese, very comfort food for me..
Psst - thanks for the well wishes, but as far as I know, I haven't been nominated for anything.
I tried the hot oil treatments once when I was trying to get out of my hugenormous afro phase. I ended up with 1000 pimple on my forehead.
Am suddenly seized with violent desire for grilled cheese sandwich.
And you know? I find that it tastes different if it isn't cut right.
I cut the kids' in triangles, too. But does it seem like there isn't as much then to anybody but me?
I have a pink boa.
grilled cheese is often called Welsh Rarebit over here, did you know that? weird, huh?
i don't get why pie is meant to be humble either, its not easy to make a good pie.
Fab. picture honey!
Funny, when you talked about how you like your grilled cheese cut into 4 triangles all I could think about was how important sammie cutting is to me. I always cut my sammie and if someone brings me a sammie and it's not cut then It must be cut before I put it in my mouth. You should see the way I cut a cake - scary! I refuse to cut it in a normal way. I make sure that it is cut in weird sized chunks (never square or pie shaped). I was feeling rather blah today and thanks to your Triangle cut grilled cheese, I have perked right up!
I've got a raging case of menstral issues & a hot grilled cheese sandwich, or 5, sound GOOD right now! *drooling*
Next time I straighten my hair, in like 2 hours, I will probably think about dead people now. Awesome.
Also, I have been thinking about grilled cheese sandwiches ALL day and how I'm going to dip them in ketchup and maybe soup if I make soup. and how they will be crispy crunchy not lame - ass soft so therefore I won't use the "healthy margarine".
Dahlink... you posted this thing at 2:09AM. No wonder you are hungry for comfort food.
I love grilled cheese sandwiches with a cup of Campbell's tomato soup that has been jazzed up with a little pepper and dill.
Yes, I'm a snob like that, however; grilled cheese sandwiches must be made with that fakey yellow/orange cheese. No way to real cheddar, k? Otherwise, that would be way too grown-up. I mean, c'mon, the dill is bad enough...
Let's hope your hair never come alive... I happen to know there's a shampoo for that and the lil' critters are so gross...
(ew!)
i bought this expensive shampoo/conditioner last time i was at the hair dresser, they told me it would really help my hair, because it's been coloured and straightened and damaged, but instead of being beautiful and sleek like it should be, it's becomes a mass of frizzy curls. so i made chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. and they were good. but my hair is still a mess.
LOVE that photo, your hair looks great. maybe i should pick up some oil this weekend and give it a go.
Mmmmmm! Grilled cheese!
Your new pic is having a feather boa kind of day. Wowza!
I'm thinking of getting crazy and crocheting uh, I don't know what they're called - handwarmers? Like fingerless mittens. I would have to be brave to wear them. Feather-boa brave. I think I can, I think I can. . .
I prefer my sandwiches cut in 2 triangles. I find it tastes more cheesy - should there be cheese innit, of course.
What kind of cheese do you use? Cheddar or Swiss? What's your take on each? Or is it...goat cheese you prefer?...
You can totally have my White Rain conditioner. It has salt and alcohol in it.
I'd say I'm atleast ten times as humble as you.
To me, every day is a grilled cheese kind of day, but then again, I really love grilled cheese...
Hey, I'm just a cheesy kind of guy.
Never underestimate the power of pie (& yours sounds like it's TO DIE FOR...next time eat it while wearing your boa).
MMMMM pie....Would you consider sharing your recipe for Snazzy Black and White Pie? Sounds fantastic!
Tug - I'm glad you remembered the apostrophe at the end of the word "kids."
Jay - I enjoyed this post, in large part because I pride myself on making the perfect grilled cheese sandwich.
Also had to mention that I ordered a dish with goat meat in it for the first time in my life, and it was too gross to take more than two bites. Wife agreed.
So, I'll read the goat and beat the goat, but I would not, could not, eat the goat.
I must say...I thought it was all so wildly fascinating about your thoughts towards grilled cheese and feather boas, but the comments are quite a read too!
I never thought of our hair worship as being necrophilic, but you are right! Gosh, that’s gross.
Nice ramble ... you covered so many topics my head is spinning
Not a big fan of cheese sandwiches ... or cheese in general.
Love the boa, though. Must get a boa!
It's been a while since I've had a hot oil soak ... must do that soon!
I'm trying to make my life simplier and all you've done is given more more tasks to add to my list.
I have way too many hair products that I don't use or use once or twice and then go on to try a new one in case it will miracously turn my hair into what I want.
But a good cheese sandwich, that's a great treat for the tummy every time. hmmm.
there is no other way to eat a grilled cheese than in 4 triangles...and you have to either dip it in ketchup or tomato soup (or in vivie's case honey mustard - ugh).
and i agree with the comment about your hair. it's gorgeous and your lipgloss is pretty. but i'm onto you and those lashes, they CAN'T be yours, right?! if they are yours then you got that same freakishly long eyelash gene vivie has. lucky.
They are my lashes, actually, and seeing that picture makes me realize how badly I need an eyelash curler (too bad I'm deathly afraid of them).
The next time I bake my pie, I'll be sure to post it on Sweet Jay's.
I think dipping grilled cheese is ungodly...no tomato soup for me, and definitely no ketchup.
Jay: read your posts, (yes all of them) good stuff.
Recipe.
Toast your choice of bread one side, top other side with your choice of cheese and chopped onion and lean bacon. Great stuff after getting tiddled at the club or after having pleasant evening drinkies with one's beloved.
Once upon a time I smoked after sex, now I have cheese on toast,
But never sardines on toast.
You know what they say: "Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder."
Wait? My hair is dead? Well now that's just disturbing.
I like a good grilled cheese cut into strips.
I always thought the colored cellophane ruined one end of a good toothpick. But that's just me.
Look out! That 2% is gaining.
Oh, what a great post. And for what it's worth, your hair looks pretty healthy in that sidebar picture. So if it's really as dead as you say (and I believe you, being a bleacher myself) you are doing a bang-up job of tricking it into eeking out one last gasp of shiny breath
Happy 4/20, by the way!
Grilled cheese and the irony of hair. This is my kind of post
I'm glad you reassured us about NOT rubbing butter into corpses. I was starting to be concerned.
yet another fun read... and suddenly grilled cheese sounds really good right now.
Damn it, I need a grilled cheese sandwich. Now! And I've just finished eating about nine fajitas.
If I were left to my own devices meal-wise, I would only ever have grilled cheese sandwiches, Mr. Noodle, scrambled eggs, humus & pita, and Jim Bean. That would be the life, I tell ya.
Boas to the movies!!- I have a friend like that who encourages me to be equally adventurous! And I had toasted cheese triangles for lunch today - is this significant do you think?
I wonder what grilled cheese would do for hair.
I hope that tomorrow is a feather boa day.
My greatest virtue is the ability to shake exactly two asprins out of the bottle and no more.
Or it could be my really bendy thumbs, but I prefer to call that my superpower.
I have a confession to make about grilled cheese: I can't make it. I'm a pretty good cook, I can all kinds of German delicassies like Schnitzel, Spaetzle and Rouladin. I even know how to make a white sauce. But for some reason grilled cheese, what is supposed to be the simplest of meals, never turns out properly.
I once tried to snazzy up my hair with the famed raw egg trick. They cooked in the shower and I had egg pieces floating in my hair all day. Next time, I think I'll try the Olive Oil.
I used to love those little paper umbrellas that came with fried icecream in chinese shops. Yeah. So healthy.
"Is there any possible way we can make Icecream more unhealthy?"
"I know! Deep fry it!"
Now I collect them from cocktails. Some things never change.
I just feel like heating up a pot of extra virgin olive oil and combing it through my hair.
Well, thats a new one.
Haven't had a grilled cheese in awhile now. Everytime I think of them, though, I think of that scene in Benny and Joon where Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson make grilled cheese on the ironing board with the iron. Such a cute show.
Love you picture in the sidebar, very cool.
Rubbing grandpa with butter? I love that. So true, and so visually disturbing.
Don't worry about the fried hair. I've done everything under the sun to mine. I once swore off bleach and color and let my hair go back to 'healthy.' As it turns out, 'healthy' is synonymous with 'limp' in my case.
Damage can be a friend.
Wonderful stuff. And I couldn't agree more about patience being an overrated virtue...
I once decided to wear a pink boa to see a play with a friend. During the intermission I was so hot I took it off, but the colour had rubbed off on my neck, and it looked as if someone had tried to strangle me.
Didn't stop me from doing it again.
Here's to hedonism, debauchery and boas.
Ooooh, grilled cheese. How I miss them.
If I could, I would actually eat them while wearing the feather boa. And a tiara. And the pair of heels I recently blogged about. But that's just me.
That is hilarious! And I love how you referenced "baby Jesus" not just "Jesus" like in Talledega Nights. Which was a lame movie. You aren't lame but that part was funny. And so was your post. So there.
So funny! I love a good grilled cheese myself. I never wore boa, but I did once wear a friend of mine's fur hat to Burger King once-does that count?
Pie is humble? That saying must have been made up by someone who's never made pie. I hate pie but I can make a damn good brown sugar pie and I definitely don't feel humble after all that work.
Oh olive oil really does work for me. I've heard beer makes a good hair treatment but I've never tried it so I wouldn't know. Do NOT absolutely do not use mayo. My best friend's hair stank for weeks after a disastrous attempt....this was 15 years ago and we're still a little traumatized.
Did I really just read that?
It is good writing. Maybe that's why...
That's why I prefer my hair as short as I can. That and I am lazy
Mark - Thanks for noticing! English with all ' was one of my best subjects...heh.
Jesus might be for humility, but he is also for joy, so wear that boa as often as you want to, Jay, and quit bleaching your hair so it can be lustrous again.
It was a wonderful drift through a lot of things that apparently had no connection with each other. - Grilled Cheese, Abstinence and bleached hair. But thats how mind functions, you cant look for logic here..
i hope you are having a feather boa day today and that grilled cheese day is a thing of distant past now
"I realize the baby Jesus thinks humility is a virtue, but I'm not sure if I'm prepared to take humble lessons from a guy who has his own bobblehead."
This made me snort out loud at work. And I'm not a snorter. My boss thinks I am, now.
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